The battle for the gubernatorial election in Borno state is no doubt a fight between the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the major opposition peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
While the APC fielded Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, a professor of Irrigation Engeneering for the 2019 governorship election in the state, the PDP on its side fielded Alhaji Muhammad Imam, a seasoned politician, who once made himself popular while in office as Chairman Maiduguri metropolitan Council (MMC) ,during the administration of Senator Ali Modu Sheriff.
Although , notwithstanding the influence of the APC and the PDP in Borno, other political parties also fielded candidates , as seen in the Independent National Electoral Commision ( INEC) published gubernatorial list, only that the presence of these candidates , is neither seen or felt by electorate in Borno.
Thus , in the battle for the soul of Borno Government House come 2019 , the electorate in the state will be filing out on Saturday to make a choice between Professor Babagana Umara Zulum of the APC and Alhaji Muhammad Imam of the PDP.
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While the PDP’s Alhaji Imam will be banking on his popularity among the youths achievements, made and lives touched, as a former Chairman of Maiduguri Metropolitan Council , the APC’s professor Zulum will be relying on the lives he has touched in the process of rebuilding communties destroyed by Boko Haram terrorists, in the nooks and crannies of the state, through the ministry of Reconstruction , Rehabilitation and Ressettlement ( RRR ) , which have already endeared him to the generality of Borno populace.
Also, LEADERSHIP Friday opinion polls among the electorate in Maiduguri, the capital city of Borno state, tilt to the direction of Professor Babagana Umara Zulum , as the likely winner of the Borno governoship race come Saturday, 9th of March, with majority opinions throwing their weight behind the Prof.
Another force that has almost cleared the coast for the APC’s, professor Zulum, is the wind of President Muhammadu Buhari’s victory, and the overwhelming victory of all APC candidates in the National Assembly election in the state, where the party swept all the seats in the election, leaving the PDP or any other party with none.
So, with the celeberation of the 23rd February presidential and National Assembly election still in the air in Borno, another Victory is likely in the waiting for Professor Babagana Umara Zulum and the APC , if the opinions of political pundits in Borno stands as it is for now.
